Xiuwen in USA: Early Xmas Celebration 提早慶祝聖誕節

Americans will put up Christmas decoration after Thanksgiving so I always feel they celebrate Christmas early, but it was enjoyable to see Christmas decorations to feel the holiday atmosphere.
在美國他們在感恩節後就開始聖誕節的裝飾了，所以我總覺得他們很早就慶祝聖誕節了，話雖如此，我還是很喜歡看到聖誕節的裝飾，感受過節的氣氛

Here I was at Pat's house. They began already since I was late because of my Chinese class. They were waiting for me to start the "secret Santa". We had to prepare a present respectively to your Santa who you were told by an email. Picking up a good present to receiver is always not easy and I felt it was harder for me to get used to their tradition - open the present when they receive it. I mean I am not a picky person to present I receive. I just felt that I like to enjoy the touched feeling afterward by myself and maybe have some water around eyes which I can not do it in front of others. I know I know... Don't refrain your feelings.

我來到了Pat的家，我因為上中文課的關係晚到，所以他們已經開始慶祝了，但他們在等我進行「祕密聖誕老人」，我們要準備禮物給我們各自的對象，我們會收到email告知你是誰的聖誕老人。挑選禮物總是件不容易的事，但要適應當場就拆禮物的這個傳統讓我覺得比挑禮物還難些，我想是因為我喜歡獨自一個人享受收到禮物的感動吧，有時太感動眼睛也許會有淚水，當然這是不可能在大家面前表現出來的。是是是，我知道，不要壓抑自己的感覺。

Back to the celebration, here is a present I got from my sweet and nice riend, Megan.
回到主題，這是貼心人又好的Megan送我的禮物。